http://chaipilgrimage.com A Soul-Nourishing Tea Adventure through Nepal, India & Beyond Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:42:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to Dhvani Solani who interviewed us recently for a feature in the Mumbai-based newspaper Mid Day. Click the image below to read the article. http://chaipilgrimage.com/2012/03/23/tea-party-for-two/ Hi friends! Patrick agreed to me recording him making masala chai and sharing all the juicy information he knows about the medicinal value of the spices and his sweet tips. It is a bit long but full to the max. I only wish you could taste Patrick's chai. It's divine! ... http://chaipilgrimage.com/2012/03/06/masala-chai-makin-video/ CHAI • SHAI \ CHI-SHI\ 1. Chai (tea) & all the paraphenelia attached to a tea service. In Pakistan and India, this includes street food, such as samosas & pakoras. 2. Also used to describe a social gathering place, a time for interesting conversation & even better food! The first time I ... http://chaipilgrimage.com/2012/01/07/chai-shai/ Ayurveda is the ancient science of India that teaches we are all a part of Nature.  As Nature, we are in a living relationship with everything around us.  Each moment, we are being affected by everything in our environment.  By recognizing environmental influences and adjusting our lifestyle accordingly, we can ... http://chaipilgrimage.com/2011/11/30/ayurveda-fall-and-vata/ OK, well not exactly 100% homegrown chai, but fennel is a good start. One small step to fulfilling an ongoing daydream of walking outside and harvesting tea leaves, cinnamon bark, cardamon pods, ginger root, clove, pepper, tulsi, saffron and fennel seed. This summer was the second year for our modest but ... http://chaipilgrimage.com/2011/11/25/homegrown-chai/ Jenny created this Taj mostly from memory -- Security only allowed a pencil and held her markers, pens and paints at the gate. The Taj Mahal is an opulent architectural eulogy expressing the Emperor Shah Jahan’s love for the most beloved of his wives.  The untimely death of Mumtaz Mahal occurred ... http://chaipilgrimage.com/2011/11/19/the-taj/ The Central Government of India pumps hoards of money into Sikkim’s roadway infrastructure because its border with China compels them to keep a formidable military presence.  Most of the main roads are paved and well maintained so that armed vehicles can move freely throughout the state.  This, however, does not ... http://chaipilgrimage.com/2011/11/15/hurry-burry-spoils-the-curry/ Namaste everyone!  After taking an extended break from posting, we’re back, chai’d up and ready for a long winter in the mountains brewing up some musings on masala chai, India and Nepal and anything else related to sipping tea and travel.  We hope to provide you with some interesting bits ... http://chaipilgrimage.com/2011/11/11/a-chai-revival/ Thanks everyone for your spice comments. They were fun to read. Since Tulsi is one of our favorite chai ingredients for those EXTRA special batches, we asked Miss Tulsi to pick a name from the chai cup. And the winner of the spice print give-away is... LYNDSAY...AND --since Tulsi was so ... http://chaipilgrimage.com/2011/02/22/spice-print-winner/ While traveling in India we collected discarded matchboxes on the roads. There are so many, and it’s sorta like trading cards among travelers. These, along with the countless, amazing retro designs from India’s past (recorded in the beautiful book, LIGHT ON INDIA by Warren Dotz), inspired me ... http://chaipilgrimage.com/2011/02/05/nine-chai-spices-art-raffle/